A Collaborative Digital Audio Workstation for Young Learners

Abstract

This paper presents the early results of the project titled “A Band in the Cloud”, conducted in cooperation between INDIRE, the agency of the Italian Ministry of Education for educational research and innovation, and LIM, the laboratory of sound and music computing of the University of Milan. The goal of the project is to foster the development of musical and extra-musical skills in young learners through a free web-based digital audio workstation. After presenting the state of the art and discussing the pedagogical aims of the initiative, we will describe the technical details of the platform and give details about the release plan.